mandatory

man·da·to·ry  (mnd-tôr, -tr)

adj.

1. Required or commanded by authority; obligatory: Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.

2. Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.

3. Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.

n. pl. man·da·to·ries

A mandatary.

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mandatory [ˈmændətərɪ -trɪ]

adj

1. (Law) having the nature or powers of a mandate

2. obligatory; compulsory

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (of a state) having received a mandate over some territory

n pl -ries

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called mandatary a person or state holding a mandate

mandatorily  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mandatory - the recipient of a mandate           mandatary recipient, receiver - a person who receives something
	2.	mandatory - a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves mandate district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Adj.	1.	mandatory - required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" compulsory, required obligatory - morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"

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mandatory

adjective compulsory, required, binding, obligatory, requisite Attendance is mandatory.
voluntary, unnecessary, optional, discretionary, nonbinding, noncompulsory, nonobligatory

Translations

mandatory [ˈmændətərɪ] ADJ

1. (= compulsory) → obligatorio
each article contained the mandatory quota of rude jokes > (iro) → cada artículo contenía la cuota obligatoria de chistes verdes
it is mandatory that you complete levels one and two → es obligatorio que usted realice los niveles uno y dos, tiene usted que realizar los niveles uno y dos obligatoriamente

2. (Jur) [sentence, penalty, fine] → preceptivo, obligatorio

mandatory [ˈmændətəri] adj

[action, procedure] → obligatoire
the mandatory retirement age of 65 → l'âge de la retraite obligatoire à 65 ans

[punishment, sentence] (= automatic) → obligatoire, systématique (= fixed) → systématique
a mandatory life sentence for murder → une condamnation à perpétuité systématique pour meurtre

mandatory

adj

→ obligatorisch, erforderlich; mandatory retirement age → vorgeschriebenes Rentenalter; the mandatory nature of this ruling → der Zwangscharakter dieser Regelung; union membership is mandatory → Mitgliedschaft in der Gewerkschaft ist Pflicht; it is mandatory for him to do this → er ist dazu verpflichtet, das zu tun

(Jur) sentence, ban, fine → vorgeschrieben; murder carries a mandatory death sentence → bei Mord ist die Todesstrafe vorgeschrieben; Singapore has a mandatory death penalty for drug offences (Brit) or offenses (US) → auf Drogendelikte steht in Singapur die Todesstrafe

(Pol) mandatory state (= having a mandate) → Mandatarstaat m; (= being a mandate) → Mandat nt; Mandatory Palestine → das Mandat(sgebiet) Palästina; to be a mandatory power → Mandatarstaat or Mandatsherr sein; to have mandatory powers → über Vollmachten verfügen

mandatory [ˈmændət/ərɪ] adj → obbligatorio/a